Enrollment Ends for High-Risk Insured Pool

By

Louise Radnofsky

Updated Feb. 15, 2013 8:02 p.m. ET

Washington is closing enrollment immediately for an interim federal insurance plan that was designed to help high-risk people who needed coverage in advance of a broader health overhaul taking effect in 2014.

The program, which was allocated $5 billion under the federal health-care law passed in 2010, is set to reach its funding limit, the government said late Friday.